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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-02
SCHOOL AND CHURCH

Two colored women were the drsl
persons to start = Sunday-school in
New York City.
Senator Payne. Of Ohio. has given
81. 600 to the School Of Technology at
Emory College in Georgia
William Walter Phelps hiss given
Us, 900 to Yale University as . fund
for the study of civil government and
political economy.
DIR. Kohler has been succeeded as
director Of the German school st Ath-
ems by DR.. Peters. late professor of
archaeology at the university Of Prague.
Rev. Hunter Corbett, of Chefoo.
says: Every attempt to get hold of .
new city failed. until our medical mis-
sionaries first won the confidence Of
the people"
The Legislature of Kansas has ap-
propriated over ga. 200 to the State
Agricultural College. providing for
every item presented by the board Of
trustees, at the full estimate of the
board.
The cabmen and boatmen Of Brun-
men, on Lake Lucerne, Switzerland.
give a certain portion of their earnings
to benevolent fund. of which eighty
per cent is for the building of Prot
estant chapel there.
According to the Roman Catholic
directory recently published, there are
431 priests in the diocese of New York.
312 in Boston, 2s7 in Baltimore, 2S2 in
Chicago. go in Philadelphia, 254 in St
Louis. 227 in Milwaukee and PIG in
Cincinnati.
During the last twenty-five years
1000. 900 Bibles and Testaments. and
portions of Scripture in twenty-siz Ian
guages have been circulated in Great
Britain and abroad from the Crystal
Palace Bible Stand in London, by vol
untary helpers.
The Chinese public school in San
Francisco is successful, and will be en-
larged. There are now forty-five
pupils, and room will be made for
twenty-seven more. This speaks well
both for the citizens and the Chinese
of San Francisco Congregationalist.
The population Of Jerusalem may
be computed as follows: Jews. 21,OOO;
Mussulmans. 1000; native Orthodox
Greeks, $500; native Roman Catholics,
1000: Europeans, mostly Germans,
700; Greek Catholics, Abyssinians,
Copts. etc, 1000 Total, 35, 200.
OF the $4,000 young men between
eighteen and forty years of age in Mil
w;sukec, only 53l are in English speak
ing Protestant churches, 263 attend
prayer meetings, and 456 are in Sunday
schools. During the year 2, 120 arrests
were made. and one evening 46S men
and boys were counted entering one
saloon. These facts and figures speak
for themselves.
Bishop William Taylor has named
the steamer which he is to use on the
Upper Congo for his wife. '.Annie
Taylor" During their married life of
more than forty years Mr.. and Mrs.
Taylor have been much separated by
his missionary work. ''Yet to this
day." he says, Il never heard her OBJ
jet to my going or staying, nor utter
a murmur on account Of my absence.
Inter Ocean.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-02

House servants in Germany are
poorly paid. and work hard. Their
duties begin frequently before daybreak
and continue sometimes till past mid
night The floors must be scrubbed
every other day, and the windows every
week; for this q broom is not known,
but a brush is the article used. For her
services servant gets only about sixty
cents . week
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-02

Hostess q Boston lady)-'Can I
send you some ofthe soup. Mr.. Breezy?
Ar. Breezy Qfrom Onaha)-sA very
little. a'am; not over half = Upper
tnl:'-H 7. Sun
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-02

Harvard University has received
$3.50. 900, left by the late Uriah A. Bor-
den. Cor the promotion Of astronomical
research.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-02


extended course Of actual experiment.
ing more urgently needed or of grayer
public importance"
The strength of the Tay bridge at the
time of its building was such that it
was pronounced perhaps the most
remarkable structure in the world"
Engineering. British magazine. speak
ing of its test, when five engines,
weighing 500 tons, were placed ON a
single span. said: 1.-The result is the
complete establishment of this fact $50
important to the public. that the
bridge is strong out of all proportion to
its possible necessities. The load which
the structure is calculated to carry is
six times greater than that to which it
was subjected"
And Yet this great bridge. which cost
$1.750.oOO. collapsed within a few
months after it was finished. the acct
dent being the only one in all railroad
history in which no survivor lived to tell
the tale.
The theory of crystallization put for
ward At the time of the Ashtabala
bridge disaster is now accepted rs ac-
counting for many railroad accidents.
and seems peculiarly applicable to the
fall Of the Bussey bridge. Vibrations
and hammer blows would seem to have
crystailized some portion of the struc-
ture and prepared it for a fall when at
last the life" of a girder had been ex-
hausted, and it broke beneath the en-
kine's humping driving wheels.-R&is-
odelphia Record
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-06
The Apostles,

| ]. G. a, Napoleon, Ark: How did the
| Apostles die?
The following brief history of the fate
of the Apostles may be new to Those
whose reading has not been evangelical:
St. Matthew is supposed to have sui
fered martyrdom or was slain with
sword at the city OF Ethiopia.
st. Mark was dragged through the
streets OF Alexandria, in Egypt, until he
expired.
st. Luke was hanged upon an Give
tree in Greece.
st. John was put into a caldron of boil
ing oil in Rome and escaped death. He
afterward died 8 natural death at Ephe-
sus, in Asia.
St. James the Great was beheaded at
Jerusalem.
st. James the Less was thrown from q
pinnacle or wing of the temple, and then
beaten to death with fuller's CLUB.
st. Phillip was hanged up against q pill
lar at HierapoIis, a city of Phrygia.
ST. Bartholomew was flayed alive by
the commsnd of bErbarous king.
ST. Andrew WAS bound to a cross,
whence he preached unto the people until
he expired.
st. Thomas was run through the body
with lance at CorOmandeI in the East
Indies.
St. Jude was shot to death with
arrows.
st. Simon Zeslot was cruclfed in
Persia.
St. Matthias was first stoned and then
behe6ded.
st. Barnabas was stoned to death by
the Jews at Salauia
81. Paul was beheaded at Rome by the
tyrant Nero.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-06
TALK OF A SOCIALIST.
The Leader of the ''Reds'' Predicts an Up
rising IN 1889.

The Leader of the .'Reds' Predicts an Up
rising IN 1889.
CHICAGO, Ill April Ga connection
with the rumor Of a projected combina-
ton OF the three principal socialistic
organizations in this Countrywide Red
International, the Black International and
the S0cialistic Labor Party-ts is now
authOIitatively announced ~ sn
organ of the Socialists that
the leader of the 'Reds" pro-
poses that there shall be ali uprising in
1889. Il is stated that there are now in
the country 100000 socialists. and that
by 1889 the numbrr will have swelIed to
400, coo through the efforts Of the LEADERS,
with hungry working people while their
brains are week from suffering caused by
the panic which the Iesder of the
''RedS" confidently predicts will pre-
vail. The article states lhat they
expect to have IN the United States in
1889 st least 100000 earnest Socialists,
divided somewhat as follows: Chicago,
20, 600; New York, $4,000; in the New
England factory states, loo, 600: ia the
Central coal and iron region, 900; in
Colorado end the Western states, SO, OO0
on the Pacific coast, 80, 600; in the Allan
tic and Southern cities altogether, IOO,-
600, and scattered at various points in
towns and villages, 80, 600 more.
1t is proposed to make Chicago the
headquarters Of the uprising in 1889, and
quite an elaborate programme is outlined
of the manner in which the style Of gov
eminent for the country viii be changed
after the revolt shall have proved success
full. The year 1889 was also the one de
cided on in 1886 by the National Fedora
ton of Trades and Labor Assemblies as
the one in which the eight hour rule
should 90 into effect
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-06
Ten Largs.t CITIES in the World.

The ten largest cities in the world, &C
cording to the latest estimates, are Lon
don, which, with It's suburbs, mas popu-
lation of 64,3I2; Paris, 2,269, O23 !;
Canton (China), 100000; New York,
l ,4+9, 900; Altchi (JapaD), 1922, $50; Ber-
lin, 1,l22,3 $3.50; Toxic Oapar), 987 1887;
Philadelphia, 875, 900; Calcutta, 7GG ,298;
and Vienna, 726. lO1. There are several
cities in China which claim a population
of 600 900, but as the claim is not based
on any systematic enumeration they are
not included in this list.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-06
THE INDICTED.
= Number Of ST. Loulsians Charged with
Election Frauds

ST. LOUIS, Mo, April 29-Although
the names have not yet been officially
gives out By the officers of the court, tie
Post-Oispatch this evening gives the fol-
lowing list of men who it says were in
dicted on Wednesday LAST by the United
States grand jury for committing frauds
in connection with the election in this
city last fall: State Senator F. II.
Ketchum, Central Committeeman James
Carroll, Deputy Sheriff Joseph O'COnnor,
John Chamberlain and
Robert E. Lee, ex-Delegate OF Municipal
Assembly Peter r. Morrissey, Deputy
Constable James Conway. Andrew B.
Long. William Berghies, II j. Lunher..,
P. F. Holden, b. MullanY. 1t ia expected
these men will either be arrested to-mor-
row or they will give bonds. 81
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-06

It is curious fact that Ireland, with q
population OF nearly 5000, 900, has fewer.
criminals in prison than has Scotland,
with less than 4 1000, ESQ.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-06
WHITE FLOWER;
OR.
THE CQMANCHE'S DREAM.
A Romance OF Savage Chivalry and
Texan VaIor in the Days
OF Slavery
BY the Late COL. E. z. C. JUDsoN

(NED BUNTLTNE.)
TCopyright, 1857, by William OauldweH. All
rights reserved.I
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
ClPTlLN MEAKINS PLCCKY FIGHT

THOUGH SMALL OF STATURE, HE sUBDCEs THIEF
OF TWICE HIS SIZE.
Captain william Meakn, OF the Mulberry Street Police
Station is small In stature and not robust in health and
noted for his strength but lie showed yeser-
day that he carries beneath his shield heart that knows
fear Captain Meakin went out for stroll last
ing, and when he got to Canast thought that he would
take a Canal Street and 90 over TO his
home the East Side There were
three passengers in the car. two middle
aged and boy, who all seemed to be ac-
quainted with another. The captain not in uni
FORM Just before the car got TO Forsythst young
about six feet in height. with build that denoted
great strength jumped the platform OF the
lie remained there for q second then glanced in the car
at Captain Meakn and walked in as he was going to
drop his fare In the box As he got in front OF the women.
he seadied his big body by grasping one OF the hand
straps He stared at the woman in an insulting manner,
and then suddenly seized little gold chain that hung
from the dress OF one OF them.
Before she could stop him he had got her watch out-a
gold one-and had darted the door Quick was
the thiet Captain Meakn was quicker. and seized him
by the before he could get out The weight OF the
thief and the speed at which he was going broke Captain
Meakins hold and the bold fellow dashed away like tho
wind out of the car and down Cana[st. toward the
elevated railroad Captain Meakin recovered his bal
ance in a second and after the thief The captain
much the eeer OF the two and just as the thief
and landed his back. This brought him
TO full stop he whirled around and shook the cap
tain of At the first chance the big thief struck the ttle
captain in the and hit MIN again In the necka second
aerward but the captain did not 20 down. as the thief
evidently thought he would but for every blow the thief
gave the captain him two in return II was an une.
quail contest and il seemed as Captain Measn would
have 20 under the fierce onslaught but the cap
tain, a ash, wouni his legs around the big fellow,
put grip his throat with all his might and tue theI
showed that lie had had enough
Roundsman Sweeny came along after captain
Meakiu had quleted the thief. and nem him
while the captain searched him, found the stolen
watch aud turned IL TO the woman She said that
her name was Henrietta Levy or No .J1 Ninth ave.
She will appear against the thief at the Ionbs Poice
Court this morning The prisoner was taken to tho
Mulberry street station. where he said that his name was
John Hogan. twenty-five, gasscitter ana that no
lived at No. 23 GouyeTneurst He Is not known 10 no
thief As he carried his big hulk to cell he turned ana
,,.e,; with wonder iiTSI: the d0ghty little man who
had stopped his criminal career suddenly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
ALL PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES.

NO IMPROVEMENT IN CONTINENTAL PoLITICs-THE
BANK OF ENGLAND PRACTICALLY OUT OF THE
DISCOUNT BUSINESS.
LONDON. Jan. 23-Discount closed yesterday at
3lia2ia The growing of money and the strong re-
turn Of the Bank of England have induced expectation
that the rate Of the Bank OF England will soon he re-
duced The divergence between the outside rate and the
Of the Bank of England is abnormaly large against
which the position OF the bank in regard
gold supply and the slackness in the demand for money
due to the sudden check of speculation The bank may
however. be forced lower its rate the low outside
places the bank practically ont OF discount business
The absence OF definite Improvement in continental
politics is the main cause of the sackness In business
No prospect of speedy change Is apparent Tho Bul-
garan difficulty appears for the moment to be shade
solution The reduction of the bank rate at Berlin
indicates that there is fear OF immediate difficulty
Rut main fact be challenged that all the great
powers are preparing for emergencies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
WILL ALL THE 'LONGsHOREMEN srRIEEf

RESOLVING TO FIGHT THE OLD DoMlNioN 'o"-
PANY HARD-POLICE PRECAUTIONS.
The ongshoremen have made up their minds that they
have cot 10 fight hard In order to win the Old dominion
strike and are preparing do it, The Executive board
Of the Ocean Association will not say what course Will De
pur.ued but from other sources "h5
learned Yesterday that 1t has been definitely
settled that action similar To tl taKcn i tne cH5e vi
fbc Frcnc and Anchor lines will be taken with all the
,osp pauslp lines who insist from any cause What
ever in handling CID Dominion Irelght come OF Tue
more hopeful OF the believe that the AFFAIR can DC
renerai strike but the majority think that In few days
Tie whole North River front VIII be "ued
up" ,p;roru uoncshora
men WAS held yesterday at No ~ Soutn-st 10 uls
enss tbe Old Dominion strike. The feeling OF the men
was strongly in sympathy with the strikers and resoi
on was adopted promising them moral ana nhanclai an
strike was not ordered but the men were ga'eu Jug
privilege OF striking against any hhe OF ,e neosci
that handles Old Dominion freight, anu inc Gnanccs
are that many the East River l0ngshorench VIII pe on
strike before long Much OF The time 0f the ineeng yes
terday was taken up In the election OF Deach "aIhcr
Tnc boy cott on the Old Dominion Company III he oouth
being pushed and the knights OF Labor are refusing
trade with anybody who either sends OF rece'e' Ho'eN
by that line. , T.
Superintendent Murray. Commissioner No0rhis ana IN
spector Byrnes held consultation at Police HeaguatcIs
yesterday and discussed the aspect the cxpeccu steo
arrangements To meet any trouble that might arise.
captain Gasn. OF the Steamboat Squad will have eighty
more men placed at his disposal to-day This makes
,;y.r ryo ,ran, eafa men men who will patrol IT, the
Eaklns, Copeland and Hedden we're called TO supern-
tendent Aurrays office. Their precincts are In the dis
tricts where there may be trouble and special ns true
tons were given each Of them as to the
readiness for any emergency and ready To 90 o the
assistance OF Captain Gastlin at any time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
TRAIN ROBBERY IN TEXAS
RlrLlNG BOTH MAIL AND EXPRESS CAR
BAND OF EIGHT MASKED MEN - EXCHANGING
SHOTS WITH SHERIFF.
rny 1yrYaR n THE TRIBUxEl

BAND OF EIGHT MASKED MEN - EXCHANGING
SHOTS WITH A SHERIFF.
tpr TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE!
DALLAS, Tex, Jan, 23-As the east-bound Texas
ana Pacific train stopped at Gordon about a. IN
to-day two masked men jumped into the engine
cab and pointing revolvers at the engineers head
ordered him to pull out He obcyed Having gone
about mile the robbers compelled the engineer to
stop the train after the mail cal had crossed
bridge, but with the passenger coaches Oh
and extending beyond the other extremity OF tue
bridge. As means of bringing the train to halt
large heap of stOues had been piled on the track
near the bridge. As the train stopped six men, also
masked. emerged from the darkness. The bandits
placed the engineer aud fireman between them ana
the line Of fire from the passenger cars and thep
commanded LoskeY the Pacific Express messenger
to open his car In a determined tone no
declined 10 do so, whereupon the
robbers fred into the car several
times The reports of firearms apprised the passeh-
gers of what had happened Among tho passengers
in the smoking car were Henry Lewis,the sheriff OF
Dallas County and four United states colored SOL
diers. The sheriff summoned the soldiers as a posse
to resist the robbers. reminding them OF their duty
TO protect the United States mail and also the
train the road being III the hands OF n Federal re-
ceiver. Three of the soldiers SUNK from the
danger, the fourth went out of the car aud INTO
action with the sheriff The latter opened fire on
the robbers, who returned the fire. The
soldier rctrcatcd into the car and lie
reioned his companions. At the interchange
of shots the tram men between two fires yelled to
the sheriff to stop firing and he. taking III the dan
ger Of their situation. complied. In the meantime
Loskey opened the car. and a tall thin man. who
had thrown off the mask. displaying an earnest
,,nI ht ntnsE sEah
companion. They opened the company's safe and
secured $4,000.
They then went to the mail car, in charge OF ii.
NJ. Price and Richard Griffin, with Mail Agent w.
S. Upton working dead head run,
all of whom during the robbery OF
the express car occupied themselves in hiding
away among loose sacks and other
convenient places the registered packages, OF which
there were about sixty. They had only one re-
volvcr among them and the command, open up"
given in an elevated, anma cd tone was promptly
obcyed. As the door flew open, the tall thin man
remarked
boys, yon might as well give up / have been
in two or three affairs of this kind and while
never killed anybody. I'll be - If I'm afraid
to do it. Strike light quick"
The thieves obtained twenty-eight registered
packages from the mails. The passengers we're
not disturbed.
special train with United States Deputy Mar
shal, with bloodhounds. went today TO the scene
for the pursuit OF the robbers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
A FLOOD FEARED IN TOLEDO,

ToLEDo. Ohio. jan % tSpecial)-An Ice gorge waS
formed day in the Maumee River below this city, 10
niht the wafer rose at the rate OF one hour,
threatening a large part OF the city with inhn,ation
The ice opposite the city began to break up snory ~,
ter 4 O'clock I'm the afternoon and went crashing u0w
the river The Cherry bridge witsood Tue weign'
of lee The Union ro,d @ Drdse Sas carried away aud
ground into spnters The leo abeeast o. ioeuo Sss ws
% NM The i, in the upper river was from 10 IL inchcs
it r. has wifhst0Od the thaw well alid passei hero
i.b thickness OF eight ten inches. The Ice piled up
Inst mia the Pcnnsy yyaDia Railroad bridge, and was
ared that at least 400 feet OF that structure would 20
Wrecked The river below the city Is shallow and mucn
thus forming gorge which may cause great damase ~
the city, A dispatch from Turkey Foot Rock, ntcen
miles Above says that u piled mp in the river twenty
feet high and the water ID overfio"isx the Dams A5
doing much damage. -. Q
DEATH or GOVRRAOR BEAFEKS Y0UNdReIev"s.
HaRGisaCRG, Jam 3--SiUveeoor Besvers es...'...s
soa Dunes A. Beaver, tr, last pssssf ~shS
Group and diphtheItaE s. 6. cii sd 49, - --s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
LOSSES OF CONKLING & CIIIvvIs.

The CAUSE OF IHE FIRE NOT kNoWN-HEA'f
INSURANCE.
Great Gro wds filled the sidewalks at Twenty-thirds
and sixth ave. yesterday and pocred within the WINDOWS
OF the drygoods store OF Conklng Chivvs at the I'm
mensc piles OF silks and sans and cloths and lares and
other goods damaged by fire OF Saturday night The
fire started opposite the Twenty ythrdst main entrance
among the counters stocked with sturs for gowns and
coats No one knows what caused 1t. The building 10
heated by steam and there no stove on that hoor
Gas lets were burning In different places. but there were
no loose goods near them which could ignite. The
watchman In the northwest corner OF the puld"g
when he smoled the smoke and upon reaching the spot
where began the flames were leaping up rapidy'
All the stock OF thc moor except this III tho c
tTnrle corner at Twenty third st and sixth ave was al
most utterly ruined either by fire water Al one tiine
the water stood itccn inches deep that floor ra
down the furniture and stock IN fel5tic
restaurant. causing almost total loss 1hc nahes
the second story through the stairway and spread qi.h
ly all around that floor except on the sixth ave se he
stock COMPOSED OF curtains. rugs ana uPnos'Ihs
materials general and WAS nearly all aesuo.cu,
Papers and books In the safe In the firms once on h
second floor were harmed The third noor was useu
for the storage stock aud Wholesale saerooms Ihe
damage there will lie slight Mcssrs ConkllDg ana 'niV.
Wis live Mount Vernon and were tcegraped wori o.,
the fire while their place still burning. Incy reacneu
the spot about o'clock returned home yestcriay
before noon Their loss cannot he definitely stated Dut
good Judges place IL between 100000 and SlooooV
he Insurance In several companies amounts W ne
5000 and John T. Wilson, who holds ~ as receiver
for James d. Fish and Ferdinand Ward. will have e re-
pairs made speedily possible The insurance on
structure S25OOOO distributed In dozen American
aud English companies The rooms above the Moor uscn
10y Conkling Chivyis occupied by tho Williams Irhge
factory, the Automatic Sewing Machine ana wehh1.
extent 1t IL expected that Conkling < Cbivvs VIII
arrange TO resume business In a few days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-24
WHAT NIGHT BE WITH HOME RULE
ONE VIEW OF AN IRISH PARLIAMENT

PARNELL AND THE OPPOsIrION-wHY NOT TWES-
TY-PoUR PARLIAMENTsf
LONDON. Jan. 23.-Henry Campbell-Bannerman, LIB
eral membero Parliament and formerly Chief Secretary
for Ireland In speech at Culross. near nverkeithng,
Saturday. said he believed that when Homo Rule was
granted Ireland Mr. Parnel would be the Conserva
tive leader In the Irish Parliament supported by the
Government and the landlords while Parnes present
adjutants would lead the Opposition. -
Thomas Power O'Connor, speaking at Whtehaven on
Saturday said that General Butler and Mr. Plunkett be-
moOnlighters after witnessing he condition or
the Irish peasants He denied that Ireland desired separ
alton 1--WE have" he said, crown and one empire
We have also twenty three paraments. Why not TWEEN
ty-ourt The have one crown and one empire
is that we have twenty three parliaments"
John UConnor. Member of Parliament, made speech
Yesterday at Ballnalee LOngOrd After referring 10 the
wrctched condition Of many OF the Irish peasants. he
produced small potato raised in Gweedorc. which no
promised TO show In the Housc of Commons n sample
product OF the soil Of that district